A MODEL BASED APPROACH TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT-SPECIFIC FIELD MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR UPGRADING CROP WATER PRODUCTIVITY

摘要

Due to the increasing world population and prosperity, global food production needs to increase 70% by 2050 (FAO, 2009). To achieve this with limited water and land resources the intensification of crop production needs to go hand in hand with an increase in crop water productivity. Improved field management is one of the key solutions for upgrading (crop) water productivity, certainly in drought prone regions where crop production is determined by variable rainfall, dry spells and droughts.